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Disjoint Compatibility via Graph Classes

Computational Geometry 2024-09-06 v1

Abstract

Two plane drawings of graphs on the same set of points are called disjoint compatible if their union is plane and they do not have an edge in common. Let SS be a convex point set of 2n102n \geq 10 points and let H\mathcal{H} be a family of plane drawings on SS. Two plane perfect matchings M1M_1 and M2M_2 on SS (which do not need to be disjoint nor compatible) are \emph{disjoint H\mathcal{H}-compatible} if there exists a drawing in H\mathcal{H} which is disjoint compatible to both M1M_1 and M2M_2 In this work, we consider the graph which has all plane perfect matchings as vertices and where two vertices are connected by an edge if the matchings are disjoint H\mathcal{H}-compatible. We study the diameter of this graph when H\mathcal{H} is the family of all plane spanning trees, caterpillars or paths. We show that in the first two cases the graph is connected with constant and linear diameter, respectively, while in the third case it is disconnected.

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@article{arxiv.2409.03579,
  title  = {Disjoint Compatibility via Graph Classes},
  author = {Oswin Aichholzer and Julia Obmann and Pavel Paták and Daniel Perz and Josef Tkadlec and Birgit Vogtenhuber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.03579},
  year   = {2024}
}
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